Example sentences of "is [adv] [art] [noun] [conj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attempt here is to highlight the inadequacy of the present legal approach where it is assumed that selling on credit , or leasing for the useful life of the equipment is not lending , and that reservation of title on sale does not constitute the creation of a security interest but is merely an agreement as to the time at which the property should pass to the buyer . |
| 2 | There is thus no doubt that on the older authorities the courts have refused to review by way of certiorari the decision of a visitor even though they were prepared to grant mandamus to require him to act or to prohibit him from acting in excess of jurisdiction . |
| 3 | The Education Reform Act required college governing bodies to be dominated by employer interests , and it is normally a requirement that at least 50% of the attendance at any governing body meeting should be from the employer sector . |
| 4 | However , there is always a danger that in taking such measures a State may , intentionally or unintentionally , give undue assistance , and so promote its own industry at the expense of that of its trading partners . |
| 5 | But there are erm others who , for whom teaching is the major aspect and the major important role that they perceive for themselves erm but there is always a balance and on balance , taken over the whole system , I should think that most people spend fifty or sixty per cent of their time on research . |
| 6 | Few cases are quite as confusing as the zebra 's stripes , but there is always the chance that in a year or so 's time new information will have been gathered that changes our views about some aspect of animal life . |
| 7 | As Hopper , a nice guy but slightly mad discovered , there is always the danger that after such auspicious beginnings , it might be downhill . |
| 8 | And even when it succeeds , there is still a chance that after pursuing it for some way another gazelle passing in front will impede it and its first , tiring target will be able to escape . |
| 9 | Nevertheless it is still a loan that of course has to be repaid . |
| 10 | But it is still the case that through the reading of it in church a certain image of what it means to be male or female is conveyed . |
| 11 | While this is so , it is still the case that by no means all hospitals or doctors are yet educated in the pharmacological and other management of the terminally ill , and large numbers of patients outside hospices and centres of excellence may well , by virtue of their condition , continue to pose the problem of euthanasia . |
| 12 | A woman may not be bound by her role as a housewife but it is still the case that in so far as any one person is left with the main responsibility for the housework , that person is the woman . |
| 13 | The large house at the end is still the shop but with an added provision — the Coll Bistro . |
| 14 | It is probably no accident that among the first organs that it attacks are the crab 's testicles or ovaries ; it spares the organs that the crab needs to survive — as opposed to reproduce — till later . |
| 15 | ( There is also a problem as to whether the defence applies where the plaintiff encounters an already existing danger . ) |
| 16 | Sidney Lee in his life of Shakespeare , 1908 edition , attributes his accurate use of legal terms to observation of his father 's legal battles and early association with members of the Inns of Court and there is also a suggestion that on his arrival in London he may have been employed as a clerk for a lawyer . |
| 17 | There is also a suggestion that in Britain the elaborate chambered tombs and long barrows , and such structures as Newgrange in Ireland , were not just used for burial but for other purposes as well . |
| 18 | Leaving aside the question of the importance of small firms for innovation and job creation , there is also the question as to whether the new technology contains a tendency to reduce or increase the size of firms or establishments . |
| 19 | He is also the favourite and in many ways he has more charisma . |
| 20 | There is also the story that at the beginning of the century a person used this lean-to to make sulphur matches which he sold locally . |
| 21 | It is also the case that in the UK this division of labour is quite highly structured over space . |
| 22 | During the periods of active regional policy , emigration from development areas declines and there is also the possibility that during such periods firms may make more people redundant , in the knowledge that the chances of finding employment are greater . |
| 23 | There is also the possibility that as the volume of stored melt increases , and the ratio of volume to surface area in the reservoir increases , so wall-rock contamination becomes less efficient . |
| 24 | There is also the fear that with unemployment increasing so fast and remorselessly , Britain could still collapse into slump . |
| 25 | There is also an anxiety that through losing touch with developments , skills are also lost . |
| 26 | A savings plan is also an annuity but in this case the cash that you pay in builds up to a sum that you receive at the end of the plan 's term . |
| 27 | The strength of their conviction both in the inevitability of elites and in the certainty of their own demonstration is both a limitation and on occasion a source of penetrating insights . |
| 28 | They have never been accepted as an equal ‘ nation ’ within Yugoslavia ; they have difficulty in obtaining recognition for their language ( except in Kosovo , where however there is now a threat that in future the official language will be Serbocroatian , and that all Albanian children will be forced to learn it at school ) ; and they consider that Serbs , in particular , regard them as inferiors and potential enemies . |
| 29 | What , if any , additional accounts need to be opened in the second year to cope with the fact that the business is now a partnership and for what reason are they needed ? |
| 30 | Despite the early successes of restrictive practices legislation in combating collusive agreements , there is now a belief that within the present business climate the legislation possesses fundamental weaknesses . |